Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A collecting or meeting together.
- noun The act of fitting together parts of machines and instruments, such as sewing-machines, guns, microscopes, watches, etc., especially when duplicate parts are so exactly made as to be interchangeable.
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- verb Present participle of
assemble .
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- noun the act of gathering something together
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Examples
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The other thing I've become obsessed with is what I tend to think of as 'honesty' in assembling a book.
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 1) 2009
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However, because she herself gave CRS and CRC little attention and because these teams were ignored in assembling the core of the privately contracted teams sent to Afghanistan, Congress is planning to slash these budgets by about 50% in 2011.
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But he has also been unsuccessful so far in assembling coalition partners to form a government.
Consensus Eludes Iraqi Shiite Leaders Sam Dagher 2010
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But it does indentify trends in assembling a championship caliber team.
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That gives him a voice in assembling an awards show hoping to rebound from last year's low-ratings (12.3 million viewers, tying the record).
Host Neil Patrick Harris gives Emmys a bit of awesomeness 2009
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Jealousy encourages the reader to be an active participant in assembling whatever "meaning" we're to get from it; it doesn't allow us to settle passively for the "insight" afforded us by Wood's preferred strategy of "inflected" narration.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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Of course, it is possible to make a mistake in assembling a list of innocents.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exonerated” Former Death Row Inmate Reconvicted 2010
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This is standard operating procedure for attackers, called botmasters, who specialize in assembling and deploying huge armies of botted PCs to distribute spam, steal data, conduct denial of service attacks and hijack online financial accounts.
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Jealousy encourages the reader to be an active participant in assembling whatever "meaning" we're to get from it; it doesn't allow us to settle passively for the "insight" afforded us by Wood's preferred strategy of "inflected" narration.
Translated Texts 2010
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Coach Bob Bradley faces unusual challenges in assembling his roster.
Looking ahead to USA friendly at South Africa Steve Goff 2010
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